Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor produced a new gameplay trailer today, but it hasn’t gone down well with one former Assassin’s Creed developer, who claims it contains evidence of assets from Ubisoft’s series.

Assassin’s Creed 2 will be released as part of the Games with Gold incentive on Xbox Live July 16. Confusion on the matter arose just yesterday when it was implied the game would not see a release in July. Apparently that is not the case after all. At any rate, the date is now confirmed […]

Halo 3 and Assassin’s Creed 2 are going free as part of Microsoft’s new scheme, which sees two retail games given to Xbox Live Gold subscribers each month. The games will still cost you at the time of writing, but they’ll be going free at some point this month, so consider this your heads-up warning.

Ubisoft has sent over an updated release schedule of titles slated for 2012, and it looks as though double packs for Assassin’s Creed, Rainbow Six Vegas, Splinter Cell and Far Cry 2 are on the way in March.

Ubisoft has announced Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood will be available for digital download over PSN August 3 for €29.99. Alongside the game, 10 avatars at a price of €0.49/ £0.40 each and two of these, Ezio and the Harlequin, will be exclusive to PS Plus users and come free with purchase of ACB HDD. The firm […]

The Major has put up a list of what you can expect to hit Xbox Live Marketplace, and highlights this week include the Liars and Cheaters pack now available for Red Dead Redemption, L4D2: The Passing as the DotW, and Lara Croft Anniversary as this week’s Game on Demand. Get it all below.

Yesterday, a report from PC Gamer surfaced stating that since an internet connection’s required to play Assassin’s Creed II on PC, should you lose your internet connection while playing, all progress would be lost and you would be taken back to the menu screen. Ubisoft says that’s not the case.